6:15 PM ET Associated Press Kyle Larson pulled away late and won the playoff race at Dover International Speedway to snap a 75-race winless streak and earn an automatic berth in the next round. Larson had nine runner-up finshes in the No. 42 Chevrolet since his last win Sept. 9, 2017, in Richmond, keeping the
9:39 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN This is the point in the season when we start projecting toward the end and declaring the campaign basically over. We know who the best teams have been, and we start painting pictures of multiple unbeaten teams and chalk results beyond chalk results. This season, for instance, Alabama obviously is
Oct 4, 2019 Editor’s note: This story was originally published when Ronda Rousey announced her move to WWE. The worlds of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts have drawn their rosters from all walks of life, including professional football and collegiate wrestling. For any number of reasons, including similar techniques and skill sets, some of
2:35 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The sheer noise reverberating around Marvel Stadium as Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya bumped fists inside the Octagon and readied themselves for battle told you everything about Australia’s love affair with the UFC. Here were 57,127 fight fans crammed into an Aussie rules football stadium to watch two of
5:27 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Cheyenne Knight struggled so much her rookie season that she made the cut in only half of her tournaments and figured she was headed back to the LPGA Tour qualifying series. One week changed everything. In the only LPGA event in her home state of Texas,
12:37 PM ET SHANGHAI — It took a successful complex hip resurfacing operation to return Andy Murray to a pain-free existence with the possibility of restoring his tennis career. Interestingly, it was only with that occurrence the three-time Grand Slam champion — and former world No. 1 — understood he didn’t need to play tennis
1:45 PM ET Associated Press MADRID (AP) – Jon Rahm won the Spanish Open for a second consecutive year Sunday, beating Seve Ballesteros’ record for the fastest Spaniard to reach five European Tour wins. Golfing great Ballesteros needed 49 events to get five wins on the tour. The 24-year-old Rahm did so in 39 tournaments
1:28 PM ET Associated Press PIRAEUS, Greece — Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt has left his post as coach of Greek club Olympiakos two months after announcing he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In a statement on the club website, Blatt says “after a long and respectful discussion between the owners and myself,
1:05 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed veteran defenseman Joe Morrow and waived him, hoping to send him to their AHL franchise. General manager Ray Shero says Morrow signed a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000 at the NHL level and $250,000 at the AHL level. Shero said Morrow
11:48 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win the China Open on Sunday. Fifth-ranked Thiem, 26, recorded his fourth title in a season in which he has defeated both Roger Federer and top-ranked Novak Djokovic. He called the match against the third-seeded Tsitsipas one